Word Summary
epiblēma: that which is put on, a patch
Original Word: ἐπίβλημαTransliteration: epiblēma
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ib'-lay-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: that which is put on, a patch
Meaning: that which is put on, a patch
Strong's Concordance
a patch or piece.
From epiballo; a patch -- piece.
see GREEK epiballo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1915: ἐπίβλημαἐπίβλημα,
ἐπιβλητος,
τό (
ἐπιβάλλω),
that which is thrown or put upon a thing, or
that which is added to it; an addition; specifically,
that which is sewed on to cover a rent, a patch;
Vulg.assumentum ((also
commissura)) (equivalent to
ἐπιρραμα):
Matthew 9:16;
Mark 2:21;
Luke 5:36. (the
Sept.,
Plutarch,
Arrian.)